Today’s Walk in the Word

At the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.           —Galatians 6:9 I’ve recently learned of a minister who is resigning and vowing never to preach again. The seeming apathy of his church has drained and embittered him. Jeremiah would have understood: “For twenty-three years,” […]

Give thanks in all circumstances.            —1 Thessalonians 5:18 Water is an unimaginable luxury for many in our world, where 1.2 billion people don’t have access to safe drinking water. That’s not a problem for most of us. We have cold water, hot water, clean water. Today be intentionally aware of […]

What does the Lord require of you?                        —Micah 6:8 His name was Seacat. Russell Seacat. Dr. Russell Seacat. I loved to hear him pray. I knew how his prayer would end—for he ended every prayer the same way: “Lord God, help us to act […]

I will deliver you.   —Psalm 50:15 Robinson Crusoe’s wake-up verse was, “Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee” (Ps 50:15). The story is fiction, but the text isn’t: “Call upon me . . . I will deliver you.” It is a promise of his presence: “Call upon me.” Many […]

Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.                   —Psalm 27:14 “We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit . . . We get knocked down, but we get […]

Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God.    —Deuteronomy 8:11 Alzheimer’s. Scary word. All of us know someone who is a victim. We have seen its devastation. When we experience a memory lapse, we get an uneasy feeling that we may be headed for the twilight zone of the dreaded “A.” […]

A cheerful heart has a continual feast.                     —Proverbs 15:15 Molly Picon, star of Yiddish stage and film, spent hundreds of nights in crowded hotel rooms with members of her theatrical company. Grumbling was constant—by everybody but Molly. One night a voice out of the darkness […]

Those who look to him are radiant.                        —Psalm 34:5 Robert Blondin interviewed more than 600 people in numerous nations. He asked one question: “What makes people happy?” The answers were pretty much the same everywhere. People are happy because they are in control of […]

Be transformed by the renewal of your mind.                                        —Romans 12:2 Viktor Frankl said, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of […]

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.          —Proverbs 16:3 If you go for spiritual growth with your New Year’s resolutions, you’ll score big dividends. Paul put it this way: “Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature” (Gal 5:16). […]